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3/23 Entomology Questions Quiz

Quiz by Chelsea Woelfler

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  • Q1
    The frons and the clypeus, located on the head, are separated by the _______________.
    gena
    subgenal suture
    epistomal suture
    labrum
    30s
  • Q2
    Which part of the leg lies between the femur and the tarsus?
    trochanter
    arolium
    coxa
    tibia
    30s
  • Q3
    What was a major arthropod borne disease that resulted in great losses for Napoleon on his campaign to Russia?
    plague
    epidemic typhus fever
    yellow fever
    malaria
    30s
  • Q4
    The snakeflies belong to the order ________________________.
    Neuroptera
    Megaloptera
    Raphidioptera
    Coleoptera
    30s
  • Q5
    The state insect of Texas is the __________________.
    honey bee
    Texas checkered spot butterfly
    lady bird beetle
    monarch butterfly
    30s
  • Q6
    In many insects, three light-sensitive ³simple´eyes, or ____, are situated of the anterior vertex between the compound eyes.
    obtect
    ostium
    oligopod
    ocelli
    30s
  • Q7
    These insects typically hold their wings together above and over their abdomen when resting.
    butterflies
    dragonflies
    moths
    stoneflies
    30s
  • Q8
    Mole crickets have _______________ legs used for digging.
    Cursorial
    Fossorial
    Saltatorial
    Raptorial
    30s
  • Q9
    What is the branch of science concerned with describing, naming, and classifying organisms?
    Speciation
    Taxonomy
    Phylogeny
    Zoology
    30s
  • Q10
    The furca is best described as:
    An internal brace for the legs.
    A springing organ.
    A fulcrum for the wings
    A hinge for the neck.
    30s
  • Q11
    _________________ is where digestive enzymes are secreted and most food absorption occurs in the insect gut.
    stomodeum
    proctodeum
    proventriculum
    mesenteron
    30s
  • Q12
    Which of these is not a longitudinal wing vein?
    costa
    radius
    furca
    cubitus
    30s
  • Q13
    The insect with one of the longest known migrations and that was petitioned in 2016 to be listed for threatened or endangered status per the U.S. Endangered Species Act is the ________________.
    monarch butterfly
    green darner
    flame skimmer
    western tarnished plant bug
    30s
  • Q14
    The Latin word ³Insectum´means:
    cut into pieces
    small pieces
    segments
    insect
    30s
  • Q15
    What order of insect vectors Chagas disease?
    Diptera
    Hemiptera
    Orthoptera
    Lepidoptera
    30s

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